Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale for hypoxemia during left ventricular assist device support

Authors
Nguyen, DQ Das, GS Grubbs, BC Bolman, RM Park, SJ
Citation
Dq. Nguyen et al., Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale for hypoxemia during left ventricular assist device support, J HEART LUN, 18(10), 1999, pp. 1021-1023
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems
Journal title
JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
ISSN journal
10532498 → ACNP
Volume
18
Issue
10
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1021 - 1023
Database
ISI
SICI code
1053-2498(199910)18:10<1021:TCOPFO>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A patent foramen ovale with right-to-left shunting was responsible, in part , for profound hypoxemia in a patient who required mechanical support with a left ventricular assist device for cardiogenic shock. The patent foramen ovale was detected with contrast transesophageal echocardiography, and the defect was closed successfully with a transcatheter septal defect closure d evice.